Food Turkey Ocak Şubat 2018
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<strong>Turkey</strong>’s satsuma tangerine<br />
goes to export markets<br />
One of the traditional products of<br />
<strong>Turkey</strong> tangerine, a vitamin bomb<br />
dispensable in autumn seasons as a<br />
natural medicine against flue, goes<br />
to export markets. Exports started<br />
on 23th October. Russia was the top<br />
market for tangerine exports from<br />
<strong>Turkey</strong> with 88 million dollars in 2016.<br />
A special commission organized by<br />
the West Anatolian Regional Directorate<br />
of Economy Ministry, at the<br />
end of the tests and studies for ripening<br />
the fruit has decided on the<br />
time for harvest of tangerine Satsuma<br />
farmed in several locations around<br />
Izmir province, where the product is<br />
farmed most.<br />
“Due to the meteorological conditions<br />
fruits ripened 10 days late in<br />
2017. So, we decided that exports<br />
of Satsuma tangerines start on 23th<br />
October. In 2016 the deliveries had<br />
started on 14th October,” said, Riza<br />
Seyyar, member of Turkish Assembly<br />
of Exporters and chairman of the<br />
Aegean Fruit and Vegetable Exporters<br />
Association.<br />
A study conducted by Aegean Agricultural<br />
Research Institute commissioned<br />
by the Aegean Fruit and Vegetable<br />
Exporters Association, forecast<br />
a fall in harvests by 47% in 2017 and<br />
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Riza Seyyar, member of Turkish Assembly of<br />
Exporters and chairman of the Aegean Fruit and<br />
Vegetable Exporters Association<br />
volume of produce is expected to<br />
be around 102 thousands tons the<br />
year. It was about 193 thousand tons<br />
in 2016. However, forecast signals<br />
that harvest in the Mediterranean<br />
region would show up better than<br />
that. So, export volume of Satsuma<br />
tangerines is not expected to fall<br />
short. “Since the quality of produce is<br />
higher than earlier years, our farmers<br />
will not experience in their incomes<br />
though the volumes were rather limited,”<br />
commented Seyyar.<br />
146 million dollars worth of tangerines<br />
exported to 45 countries from<br />
<strong>Turkey</strong> in 2016, a 7 % increase from<br />
2015 figures of 137 million dollars.<br />
As importers of Satsuma tangerines<br />
Russia has the largest share, 60% with<br />
88 million dollars, who is followed by<br />
Ukraine with 27 million dollars and<br />
Iraq with 12.5 million dollars of exports.
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